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Nova Scotia to keep requirement for motor vehicle safety inspections following review
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s public works minister says that after a review by her department, the province will be keeping its current motor vehicle inspection requirement in place. Kim Masland says her department started looking at the possibility of removing the fees for vehicle safety checks at the beginning of the year but decided against ... Read More »
Weight-loss drug Wegovy available in Canada starting May 6 for people with obesity
The weight-loss drug Wegovy, made by the manufacturers of Ozempic, will be available to patients in Canada starting Monday, the company says. Novo Nordisk’s weekly injection is approved for weight loss among patients diagnosed with obesity. Wegovy can also be prescribed to patients who are significantly overweight and have at least one related medical condition ... Read More »
Britney Spears reaches divorce settlement with estranged husband Sam Asghari
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Less than a week after reaching a court settlement with her father, Britney Spears has reached one with her soon-to-be-ex-husband. Spears and Sam Asghari submitted an agreement for dividing up their assets to a judge for approval, according to documents filed in a Los Angeles court on Thursday, nine months after ... Read More »
Parkland says lots of buyer interest in its fuel, convenience store locations
CALGARY – Fuel retailer Parkland Corp. says the 157 Canadian fuel and convenience store locations it has put up for sale are generating a great deal of interest from prospective buyers. The Calgary-based company is aiming to divest the stores as part of its efforts to optimize its network. The locations for sale include ones ... Read More »
Vegas and Nashville face elimination in Game 6 showdowns vs. Dallas and Vancouver
Home sweet home ice? For Vegas, maybe. Nashville, not so much lately. The defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights return home to their “Fortress” on the Strip looking to avoid being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs after losing three in a row to Dallas. The Predators are back in “Smashville” trailing Vancouver ... Read More »
NHL players are refining the art of the bank shot via ricochet off the masks of the goaltenders
Off the goaltender’s mask, off a defenseman’s back, nothing but net. Well, at least in the net. That is how Colorado’s Casey Mittelstadt got his first goal of the NHL playoffs this year, and it is not the only one. Several players have scored by ricocheting the puck in off a goalie’s head, including Dallas’ ... Read More »
Two more women file suits alleging sexual assault by Newfoundland police officer
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Two more women have filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually assaulted by an on-duty member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary who offered them rides home from a night of drinking. Lawyer Lynn Moore filed the statements of claim with the province’s Supreme Court in late March on behalf of the two ... Read More »
Toronto judo athlete Nigara Shaheen named to Olympic refugee team for Paris
Nigara Shaheen finally feels the freedom to fully prepare for an Olympic Games. The 30-year-old Afghan judoka, who has been living and training in Toronto for a year and a half, was named to the International Olympic Committee’s refugee team Thursday. She’s among 36 athletes from 11 countries chosen to compete in Paris this summer ... Read More »
Alberta government to amend bill granting it sweeping powers over municipalities
EDMONTON – The Alberta government is making changes to a bill that would give cabinet unfettered power to fire mayors and councillors and overturn bylaws. Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver says the government will introduce changes and implement rules surrounding how and when cabinet can overrule local governments. The bill is before the legislature and ... Read More »
Environmental groups criticize government walk-back on pollution impact assessment
OTTAWA – Environmental groups are criticizing the Liberal government’s planned amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act. The groups said in a letter to cabinet ministers today that Ottawa isn’t fulfilling its responsibility to protect Canadians from pollution. The government is seeking to limits the scope of the legislation and remove a requirement for federal ... Read More »
Dividend raise, CEO pay questioned at BCE annual meeting following job cuts
Frustration over BCE Inc.’s 4,800 job cuts earlier this year spilled over at the company’s annual general meeting on Thursday, as investors and employees questioned executives on their compensation during a period of belt-tightening for staff. But board chair Gordon Nixon and Bell Canada president and CEO Mirko Bibic defended the decision, with the former ... Read More »
